Windy End: new reservoir under construction
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Windy End: new reservoir under construction
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 14 Jul 1988
Following the demolition of the old reservoir at Windy End Image, a new service reservoir was built on the same site in 1988. For a view of the completed structure see Image Technical notes from the original design statement: a two-compartment reinforced concrete structure of 1500 cu.m nominal capacity. The depth from top water level is 3.9m. The structure is built into a hillside with the flat roof at existing ground level on one side and embankments falling away on the others. The overall design philosophy is that the wall modules are tied together with reinforcement continuous at the joints, thus restraining movement by tension in the horizontal steel and obviating the need for a shear key. Each compartment has clear internal dimensions of 19.0m x 10.5m with a roof supported internally on eight 350mm diameter columns.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.631283
Longitude
-1.875963